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While Trump supporters might have cause to gloat after his come-from-behind victory, pro-Trump organizer Amanda Triguero said Monday that she didn’t want the pro-Trump rally to be an “in your face” event. Instead, she hoped it would cool off tensions.

“I saw people at these anti-Trump rallies saying, ‘Anybody who voted for Trump is a racist,’ and how they’re afraid somebody’s going to shoot them,” said Triguero, a small business owner who went back to school to become a legal aide. “We’re just normal people who want change. And he’s change, I pray for the better. ...

“What are you afraid of?” Triguero asked, rhetorically, of the Trump protestors. “We’re not crazy people. We want the same thing, a better America.”

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